Catch-up HPV vaccination status of adolescents in relation to socioeconomic factors, individual beliefs and sexual behaviour

In 2012, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination was introduced free of charge in the Swedish national school-based vaccination programme for 10-12-year-old girls, and as catch-up vaccination for young women. In Sweden, there is an ongoing discussion about including boys in the national vaccination p...

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Published in:PloS one 2017-11, Vol.12 (11), p.e0187193-e0187193
Main Authors: Grandahl, Maria, Larsson, Margareta, Dalianis, Tina, Stenhammar, Christina, Tydén, Tanja, Westerling, Ragnar, Nevéus, Tryggve
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Care and treatment
Caring Sciences
Cervical cancer
Cervix
Child
Diagnosis
Dosage and administration
Economic factors
Education
Female
Girls
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Human behavior
Human papillomavirus
Humans
Immunization
Infections
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Medicine and Health Sciences
Minority & ethnic groups
Motivation
Papillomavirus infections
Papillomavirus Vaccines - administration & dosage
People and Places
Prevention
Risk taking
Sexual Behavior
Social aspects
Social Class
Social factors
Social Sciences
Socio-economic aspects
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Students
Teenagers
Vaccination
Vaccines
Vårdvetenskap
Young adults
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Summary:In 2012, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination was introduced free of charge in the Swedish national school-based vaccination programme for 10-12-year-old girls, and as catch-up vaccination for young women. In Sweden, there is an ongoing discussion about including boys in the national vaccination programme. Few studies are undertaken about adolescents' knowledge, beliefs and HPV vaccination status in relation to socioeconomic status and sexual experience. Thus, the aim was to examine HPV catch-up vaccination status in adolescents in relation to 1) socioeconomic factors, 2) beliefs and knowledge about HPV prevention, and 3) sexual behaviour. The Health Belief Model was used as a theoretical framework. Upper secondary school students (n = 832) aged 16, randomly chosen from a larger sample, were invited to participate in conjunction with the general health interview with the school nurse. A total of 751/832 (90.3%), girls (n = 391, 52%) and boys (n = 360, 48%) completed the questionnaire. HPV vaccination was associated with ethnicity and the mothers' education level; i.e. girls with a non-European background and girls with a less educated mother were less likely to have received the vaccine (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0187193